ANKLEBONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anklebone mean? 

• ANKLEBONE (noun)
  The noun ANKLEBONE has 1 sense:

1. the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint

  Familiarity information: ANKLEBONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANKLEBONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus

Hypernyms ("anklebone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("anklebone" is a part of...):

ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint (a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus)